Cheese-cutter.



Patnted lune I0, 1902.

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E. mGGLl.

CHEESE CUTTER.

(Application tiled Sept. 9, 1901.)

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Nn. 7u|,924.

(No Model.)

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' front elevation of the cutter.

UNITED STATES` PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL NIGGLI, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

.CHEESE-GUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,924, dated June 1, 1902.A

' Application tied september 9,1901. serial No, 74.770. foto man.)v

To a/ZZ whom it' may concern: Be it known that I, EMIL NIGGLI, a citze of the United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State yof Texas,

have invented certain new and useful Im# kindicate the amount of cheese to be cut.

The object of the invention is to provide a cutter which will cut aV predetermined quantity of cheese.

A further object is' to construct a cutter with a scale-plate adapted to bear against the side of cheeses of different sizes, so that its use will not be limited to cheese of one particular size.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 -is a Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is a top' plan View. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the scalegplate.

Referring V'particularly to the drawings, a

stationary platform 6,,preferablyrectangular,- is secured to blocks 7, and a circular plat-v form 8 vis Inounted vthereon to rotate upon the pivot 9.v The outer edge of the platform 3 has finger-notches 1() to facilitate rotation. The cheese to be cutis carried upon this platform and is indicated in dotted lines at l1. Y

'bolted or otherwise secured to the stationary platform. An expanding, bolt 18 between the bars serves to cause the bars to bind at the pivot `sufficiently to counteract the weight of the knife, so that when raised itwill remain so without holding.

The knife-guide 19 is secured to the block` of the cheese upon'a bar 22.

7 by screws 2O or otherwise and extends upwardly, its edge forming a guide for the descending blade. The scale-plate 21 is supported in a position `to contact with the side` cured 'loosely to the bottom of the platform 6 by ,a strap 23 and extends thence outwardly beyond the edge of said platform, where it is bent upwardly at substantially a right angle and is bolted at its upper end to the scalei plate.` The bar and plateare movable radi-.

scale, so that itbears against the stock of the g'cheese after` 'the cut is removed, thereby retaining the plate in alinement with theperiphery of the cheese.

The scale-plate is provided with a scale 21b and with a removable gage pieceor index 26, (shown only in Fig. 3,) the inner end of which projetswitliin the periphery ofthe cheese.

jlnoperation the'index is placed on thescale at the pointdesired and the cheese turned until its cut face contacts therewith, when ythe knife'can be loweredand the :desiredicut made. Dierent-sized scale-plates `may be used, containing scales of dierent gradations to suit cheesesof different'prices or thicknesses. The plate 2l and its extension 21n are joined at theouter edge by a neck 21c'of less width than the said plate and, ex-

This bar is se- This extension is on the opposite side of the" blade from-the tension, (see Fig. 3,) so that a recess or slot y is formed extending into the, plate from the inner edge thereof, througl'which recess the outer edge of the blade12 passes. This recess is of such length that the blade will not strike the neck 211in cuttinganyjcheese within the intendeduse of the cutter.

Having thus described the invention, what 1. In a cheese-cutter, the combination with a rotatable platform and a knife, of a radi.a

Ais claimed as new, and desired to be secured by ally-movable scale-plate bearing against the cheese on one side of the knife, and an extension of the scale-plate bearing against the cheese on the other side of the knife.

2. In a cheese-cutter, in combination, a sta tionary platform having brackets thereon, a rotatable platform thereon, knife-bars pivoted upon said brackets, a blade attached to the knife-bars, and an expanding bolt' between the knife-bars adapted to cause them to bind at the pivot, against said brackets.

8. In a cheese-cutter, in combination, a stationary platform, a rotatable platform thereon, a yielding radially-slidable bar supported on the stationary platform, a scale-plate carried by the bar and adapted to bear against the side of the cheese, and a knife pvoted to the stationary platform.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EMIL NIGGLI. Witnesses:

GUS F. NIGGLI, CHAs. WUESTE. 

